I know mesh wifi is highly problematic with C4, but I am wondering if it is the best choice in the context below, or if people have other ideas.
My elderly mother lives in an 1800 square foot condo. Her cable modem connection comes in at one corner of the condo, and we are unable to run cat6 to any other locations in the house. The problem is that her consumer grade routers (TP-Link and previously Netgear) have not provided decent wifi in the far corner of the house.
Would a mesh network solve her wifi problems without causing new problems for her (very small) C4 installation? Her C4 gear consists only of 2 EA-1s that control AV components via IR only and 2 SR-260s that go along with them.
Would mesh be ok in this circumstance? If so, is there one brand more likely to play nicely than others? Does anyone have other non-mesh suggestions that might work better? I realize running cat6 is the best solution, but there is neither an attic nor a crawl space, and she does not want surface mounted wires anywhere.
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I know mesh wifi is highly problematic with C4, but I am wondering if it is the best choice in the context below, or if people have other ideas.
My elderly mother lives in an 1800 square foot condo. Her cable modem connection comes in at one corner of the condo, and we are unable to run cat6 to any other locations in the house. The problem is that her consumer grade routers (TP-Link and previously Netgear) have not provided decent wifi in the far corner of the house.
Would a mesh network solve her wifi problems without causing new problems for her (very small) C4 installation? Her C4 gear consists only of 2 EA-1s that control AV components via IR only and 2 SR-260s that go along with them.
Would mesh be ok in this circumstance? If so, is there one brand more likely to play nicely than others? Does anyone have other non-mesh suggestions that might work better? I realize running cat6 is the best solution, but there is neither an attic nor a crawl space, and she does not want surface mounted wires anywhere.
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